Away day - Planning Powys Commissioning Approach - 26 March

We would like to invite you to a detailed planning session regarding the Commissioning Approach for Advocacy (Adults) in Powys.

Situation/Background:  We held an initial away day late 2017 to look at what the needs were in respect of Advocacy in Powys. We looked at the legislation requirements and current providers fed back their views on what a Powys wide service could look like. We spoke of the way other areas in Wales are approaching Advocacy service provision and that Powys had a unique perspective and opportunity in approaching Advocacy using a Whole System Approach.

We prepared a paper, collating information from our initial away day for the Regional Partnership Board to approve our direction of travel. This was agreed. A timeline with Actions was included in this paper, although some of the timescales have shifted due to adverse weather conditions, attendance capacity and other key factors. A revised timescale has been developed and will be shared at our next workshop.

Assessment:  A key action was to send out a survey to all Advocacy providers and ask for specific information about service provision and return this to the Golden Thread Advocacy Programme (GTAP) to ensure anonymity. We have now had a good response from 12 organisations/individuals. This includes Mental Health advocacy as well as thematic and community advocacy services. The data/information has been analysed and pulled into a report.

We now wish to share the results with you and need a more detailed planning session to collectively use the results to bring shape to the Commissioning Approach which will outline new service(s).

Recommendations/Next Steps:

Hold a second Engagement session with services/staff and people who have been in receipt of Advocacy Services - Date arranged Monday, 10:00 - 3:30 p.m. 26th March, Llandrindod.
Lunch/Refreshments are provided. Travel expenses will be paid for public representatives.
Commissioners from both the Health Board and Council will be at the meeting.
The Community Health Council will also be in attendance.
GTAP, Huw Davies will help facilitate the session.

This is an important opportunity to plan and jointly develop the Commissioning Approach for future Advocacy provision (Adults) in Powys. Please let us know, as soon as possible, by registering your attendance/apologies via this online booking form so we can keep track of numbers and/or dietary requirements.


An agenda will be sent out prior to the workshop.  Please get in touch if you any questions.